Introduction Research was conducted comparing violence rates between men's and women's prisons. It is important to study this topic because it not only leads to the conclusion of where violence prevails in male or female prisons, but also focuses on other issues. This document deals with the social, psychological and sexual issues of prisoners. Furthermore, most people believe that males are biologically more prone to violence, therefore violence is prevalent in men's prisons and should have higher rates of violence than women's prisons; however, there is more to this idea. This topic will examine the differences in violence between male and female prisoners and what causes them to have high rates of violence. The main purpose of this article is to report whether rates of violence are higher in men's or women's prisons and why this is the case. Additionally, four important variables will be recognized in relation to this topic. These four variables are relational violence, sexual coercion, the search for respect from prisoners and victimization. These factor variables not only help explain the research question but open up similar opportunities to conduct a similar study. This article will illustrate whether the rate of violence is higher in male or female prisons and if so why. Relational violence Relational violence in women's prisons is one of the most important factors regarding this issue because it only concerns inmates. Most research on prison violence concerns male prisons, however when research is conducted on female prisoners. Researchers use only one or two women's prisons from which to obtain data. As a result, not enough relevant and specific data... halfway through the document... on female prisoners was found. This may enable the general public to better understand women's prisons. Furthermore, it can provide more detailed information on the type of violence to which female prisoners are subjected. Limitation I was only allowed to use six empirical articles to answer my research question. Additionally, none of my friends or family spent time in prison. So I couldn't interview someone who witnessed violence while in prison. Furthermore, throughout the literature I have found authors focused more on male prisons than on female ones. As a result, this could manipulate data indicating that male prisoners engage in more violence. I think if the authors focused equally on male and female prisons, the results would likely show that violence rates for both male and female inmates are somewhat the same.